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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for October 2023

IT Governance

EvilProxy phishing campaign targets Microsoft 365 accounts via indeed.com A phishing campaign identified by Menlo Security has been targeting senior executives in various industries – most notably banking and financial services, property management and real estate, and manufacturing – since July. Can you spot a phishing scam?

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Multinational ICICI Bank leaks passports and credit card numbers

Security Affairs

In 2022, the ICICI Bank’s resources were named a “critical information infrastructure” by the Indian government – any harm to it can impact national security. However, despite the critical status of bank infrastructure on the national level, the security of crucial data was not ensured. million files belonging to ICICI Bank.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

The GDPR provision that may keep IT security teams busiest is Article 32, which requires “a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing” of personal data. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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GDPR automated decision-making and profiling: what are the requirements?

IT Governance

So, you are carrying out profiling if you collect and analyse personal data using algorithms or AI, make associations between habits and characteristics based on that data, and predict individuals’ behaviour based on the demographic or profile that you’ve assigned them. appeared first on IT Governance Blog.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 12 – 18 February 2024

IT Governance

In January 2024, it identified more potential victims, and has now written to inform them that their personal data may have been compromised in the incident. Data breached: 2,632,275 people’s data. 204 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

These new attacks affect everything from private citizens and businesses to government systems; healthcare organizations; public services; and food, water, and fuel supply chains. Crimeware is a type of malware that cyber criminals use to commit identity theft or gain financial information to execute transactions. Other methods.

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Executive Order on access to Americans’ bulk sensitive data and Attorney General proposed regulations – Part 2

Data Protection Report

The proposed definition of “listed identifier” is Full or truncated government identification or account number (such as a Social Security Number, driver’s license or state identification number, passport number, or Alien Registration Number) [Note that this definition apparently includes truncated Social Security Numbers.]

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